Here is the cover art for the thriller written by Mike Kupari and I. Artwork by the very talented Kurt Miller. http://www.kmistudio.com/ Check out Kurt’s page. He is one very talented dude.

Thrillers are a relatively new thing for Baen. There is the Paladin of Shadows series by Ringo and the Countdown series by Kratman. Baen, being known as a premier publisher of sci-fi/fantasy has to go out of its way to make sure that its thriller covers look like thriller covers.

The black and white contrast works well considering that the story is told by two different characters, on different sides, written by different authors. On the left is Lorenzo’s gun. Valentine’s is on the right.

EDIT: Coming November 2011.

The D6 logo went through several revisions. I thought you guys might enjoy seeing some of them:

The rifles was based on pictures of my FAL. It ended up with an M16-type magazine, making it look more like an FNC. I’m not worried about it, personally. The important thing is the cover is eye-catching. It makes you want to pick the book up.

The cover art is more to capture the spirit of the book rather than to represent an actual unit logo. There are, however, several organizations in the book that have pretty cool logo designs. Patches are a definite possibility. More than one, too, if we can manage it.

So, NC and LC? Where do we get the patches and can we just pay you guys directly for pre-release, signed, first edition copies of AWESOMENESS???!!! Now that was $29.95 a month for 12 months, right? Heh heh…just jokin! No. Seriously, about those patches and the book… =D

Well, Larry wasn’t “New York Times Bestselling Author Larry Friggin’ Correia” back when I wrote the online story that became this book. He was just “Correia” on TheHighRoad.org and we barely knew each other.

I was surprised when he approached me and asked if he could write a scene in my story. I didn’t know he was working on a book. He hadn’t finished MHI back then, I don’t think.